I am a senior research scientist at DeepMind. Before joining DeepMind, I was a postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley affiliated with the Computational Cognitive Science Lab and BAIR. I received a PhD and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
My research interests are in the intersection of computational linguistics, cognitive science, and machine learning. My recent work has focused on evaluating and improving vector-space representations and using theory-of-mind experiments to explain question-answering models. During my PhD, I studied how children learn, represent, and search for semantic information.
Here is my CV.
I grew up in Tehran, Iran. I got a diploma in Math and Physics from Tehran Farzanegan Highschool. After that, I did my undergraduate studies in Computer Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology. In 2008, I moved to Toronto to start my graduate studies.
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Evaluating Theory of Mind in Question Answering
A. Nematzadeh, K. Burns, E. Grant, A. Gopnik, and T. Griffiths
EMNLP 2018 (oral presentation) -
Exploiting Attention to Reveal Shortcomings in Memory Models
K. Burns, A. Nematzadeh, E. Grant, A. Gopnik, and T. Griffiths
BlackboxNLP workshop at EMNLP 2018 (poster presentation) -
Learning Hierarchical Visual Representations in Deep Neural Networks Using Hierarchical Linguistic Labels
J. Peterson, P. Soulos, A. Nematzadeh, and T. Griffiths
CogSci 2018 (poster presentation). -
Predicting and Explaining Human Semantic Search in a Cognitive Model
F. Miscevic, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
CMCL 2018 (oral presentation).
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Calculating Probabilities Simplifies Word Learning
A. Nematzadeh, B. Beekhuizen, S. Huang, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2017 (oral presentation). -
Evaluating Vector-Space Models of Word Representation
A. Nematzadeh, S. Meylan, and T. Griffiths
CogSci 2017 (oral presentation). -
How Can Memory-Augmented Neural Networks Pass a False-Belief Task?
E. Grant, A. Nematzadeh, and T. Griffiths
CogSci 2017 (oral presentation).
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Simple Search Algorithms on Semantic Networks Learned from Language Use
A. Nematzadeh, F. Miscevic and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2016 (poster presentation). -
The Interaction of Memory and Attention in Novel Word Generalization: A Computational Investigation
E. Grant, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2016 (oral presentation). [code]
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Computational Modeling of Word Learning: The Role of Cognitive Processes
A. Nematzadeh
Ph.D. thesis. -
A Computational Cognitive Model of Novel Word Generalization
A. Nematzadeh, E. Grant, and S. Stevenson
EMNLP 2015 (oral presentation). [code] [bibtex]
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A Cognitive Model of Semantic Network Learning
A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
EMNLP 2014 (oral presentation). [code] [video] [bibtex] -
Structural Differences in the Semantic Networks of Simulated Word Learners
A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2014 (oral presentation). [code] [bibtex]
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Desirable Difficulty in Learning: A Computational Investigation
A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2013 (oral presentation). [bibtex] -
Word Learning in the Wild: What Natural Data Can Tell Us
B. Beekhuizen, A. Fazly, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2013 (poster presentation). [bibtex] -
Child Acquisition of Multiword Verbs: A Computational Investigation
A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
in T. Poibeau, A. Villavicencio, A. Korhonen and A. Alishahi (eds). Cognitive Aspects of Computational Language Acquisition, Springer, 2013.
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A Computational Model of Memory, Attention, and Word Learning
A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CMCL 2012 (oral presentation). [bibtex] -
Interaction of Word Learning and Semantic Category Formation in Late Talking
A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2012 (poster presentation). [bibtex]
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A Computational Study of Late Talking in Word-Meaning Acquisition
A. Nematzadeh, A. Fazly, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2011 (poster presentation). [poster] [bibtex]
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The Role of Statistical Evidence in Child Acquisition of Multiword Verbs
A. Nematzadeh
Master's paper. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. January 2010 [bibtex]
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Acquiring Multiword Verbs: The Role of Statistical Evidence
A. Fazly, A. Nematzadeh, and S. Stevenson
CogSci 2009 (oral presentation). [bibtex]